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Fifth of Android Apps Could Be Harnessed by Hackers
Handset security software vendor is reporting that around a fifth of Android applications grant a third party application access to private or sensitive information that an attacker could use for malicious purposes. SMobile System's Global Threat Center performed an analysis of over 48,000 applications currently available on the Android market.
In addition, five percent of sampled applications have the ability to initiate a phonecall to any number, without requiring user intervention and 2 percent could initiate sending an SMS to a premium rate service.
"The open-source architecture that drives Android phones and the abundance of application stores available for all smartphone devices have allowed developers to quickly create and post thousands upon thousands of new applications. As a result, applications are currently available that have the potential to cause serious harm to devices, customers and to the broader cellular network," said Daniel V. Hoffman, Chief Technology Officer for SMobile Systems.
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